The most amazing thing about William Gay’s 11 seasons in the NFL is that in a brutal sport where the rules are bring changed to make play safer he has never missed a game. That’s 191 straight games, including the post-season.
On Monday, though, Gay said his streak would have ended long ago under the NFL’s current concussion protocol. Gay said that in a 2009 Week 13 game against the Oakland Raiders, his third season, he “went to sleep” and suffered a concussion when hit in the head by teammate Ryan Mundy while both were trying to break up a pass late in a game against the Oakland Raiders.